Author: Pierre-Clément de Laussat
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Languages : fr
Pages : 6

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Author: James D. Hardy, Jr.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512819832
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488

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Complete catalogue and index of one of the largest collections of its kind of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic newspapers pamphlets and official publications covering the years 1789-1815. Over 20,000 listings are preceded by an introduction giving a history of the collection, a survey of other notable French Revolution collections, and a biographical essay on William S. Maclure. William S. Maclure (1763-1840) was a wealthy Philadelphia merchant, a radical social reformer, and our first scientific geologist. His huge collection of French Revolutionary publications is one of the greatest libraries of its kind to be formed during the period of the Revolution. Maclure bestowed the collection on the Philadelphia Academy of the Natural Sciences in 1821, and the Academy in turn gave the collection to the Historical Society of Philadelphia, In 1949 it was acquired by the University of Pennsylvania.

Author: Pierre-Clément de Laussat
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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This informative first-time translation of the autobiography of Pierre-Clement de Laussat (1756-1835), offers a portrait of the middle-man in the transaction of 1803 which gave the United States the Louisiana territory. The life of this 'transfer agent' reads like a novel amply detailed with the love, pride, ambition, and courage that drove him to make a mark on history. Appointed by Napoleon in 1803 as Colonial Prefect for Louisiana and Commissioner General, Pierre-Clement de Laussat negotiated the cession of the Louisiana Territory to France from Spain and fended off the danger of foreign occupation and internal insurrections threatening Louisiana during the interim of the switch of control by the countries involved. It was he who represented France at the ceremonies of cession of Louisiana on December 20, 1803 and who received the French flag when it was lowered in Jackson Square to be replaced by the American colors. And it was he who continued to maintain peace in the newly-acquired territory until William C. Claiborn assumed governship for the United States. Translated with an introduction by Sister Agnes-Josephine Pastwa. Compiled by Sister Joan LaVerne Rutz.

Author: Pierre-Clément de Laussat
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Languages : fr
Pages : 6

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Category : Books on microfilm
Languages : en
Pages : 864

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Author: Library of Congress. Catalog Publication Division
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Category : Books on microfilm
Languages : en
Pages : 864

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Author: Pierre-Paul Royer-Collard
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Languages : fr
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Author: Daniel Mérillon
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Languages : fr
Pages : 6

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Author: Delaporte (M., Jean-Baptiste-François)
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Category : France
Languages : fr
Pages : 12

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Author: Gustave-Charles-Prosper Reille
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Languages : fr
Pages : 24

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